- Arc Lamps,
- —— places where suitable, [10].
- —— charges for, [10].
- —— at Milan, [47].
- Accumulators,
- —— at Kensington Court, [69].
- —— at Vienna, [76].
- Birmingham wire gauge resistance table, [105].
- —— in French measurements, [106].
- Central-stations,
- —— Siemens’ suggestion for, [1].
- —— at Philadelphia, [2].
- —— block, [3].
- —— construction, [3].
- —— selection of district for, [4].
- —— relation between daily output and capacity, [7].
- —— loss in, [15].
- —— at Deptford, [31].
- —— at Eastbourne, [31].
- —— at Brighton, [32].
- —— at Tours, [32].
- —— at Vienna, [76].
- —— position of, [16].
- —— in United States, [17].
- —— at Grosvenor Gallery, [27].
- —— Kensington Court, [20], [68].
- —— methods of lighting from, [20].
- —— tables showing cost of, [86], [87].
- Cost of gas compared with electricity, [8].
- Cost of kerosene, [9].
- Cost of arc lighting, [10].
- Conductors,
- —— relative size of, for different systems, [22].
- —— arrangement of, at Grosvenor Gallery, [28].
- —— primary conductors at Grosvenor Gallery, [30].
- —— diagram of network system of, at Milan, [46].
- —— diagram of multiple series system at Temesvar, [60].
- —— conduits for, in New York, [92], [93], [94].
- Distribution of Electricity,
- —— Edison parallel system, [41].
- —— Edison feeders, [42].
- —— three-wire system, [43].
- —— series system, [52].
- —— Bernstein system, [57].
- —— multiple series system, [58].
- —— by means of secondary batteries, [65].
- —— system of, at Kensington Court, [69].
- Dynamotors, [79].
- —— Swinburne’s Compound, [83].
- Electric Lighting,
- —— as an investment, [3], [9], [97].
- —— people who most readily take it up, [4].
- —— relation between number of lights used and number fixed, [4], [5].
- —— cost of, to householder, [5].
- —— diagram of, in London district, [6].
- —— diagram of, at Cincinnati, [7].
- —— charges for, [8].
- —— description of arc and glow, [9].
- —— at Tilbury Docks, [18].
- —— at Victoria Station, [18].
- —— at Paddington Station, [19].
- —— relative cost of, for direct and transformer systems, [21], [27].
- —— at Lucerne, [34].
- —— at Milan, [34], [44].
- —— cost of, at Milan, [48].
- —— at Berlin, [52].
- —— cost of, at Berlin, [53].
- —— Bernstein system of, [55].
- —— diagram of, system at Colchester, [67].
- —— working cost of, at Athenæum Club, [88].
- —— working cost of, at Naval and Military Club, [89].
- —— working cost of, at South Kensington Museum, [89].
- —— working cost of Thomson-Houston system of, in an American city, [90].
- Experiment at the Teatro dal Verone, [34].
- Faults, discovery of, [51].
- Gas Lights,
- —— heat from, advantages and objections, [3].
- —— number used and fixed, [4].
- —— cost of, at Berlin, [53].
- —— cost of, to householder, [5].
- Glossary, [107].
- Incandescent Lamps,
- —— number obtained per electrical HP., [8].
- —— illustration of, [11].
- —— candle-power of, [11].
- —— consumption of energy in, [10], [63].
- —— life of, [11].
- —— blackening of, [12].
- —— at Temesvar, [63].
- Lighting,
- —— number of hours of, per annum, [4].
- —— cost of, to London householder, [5].
- —— diagram of, in London district, [6].
- —— diagram of, at Cincinnati, [7].
- —— diagram of, [13].
- —— relative cost of, with direct and transformer system, [22].
- —— relative cost of, by electricity and gas, [91].
- Lucigen light, the, [99].
- —— cost of working, [100].
- Machinery at Grosvenor Gallery, [29].
- Motors, Electric, [39].
- —— diagram showing power supplied to, in Boston, [40].
- —— purposes used for, in America, [39].
- Meters, Electric,
- —— the Edison, [49].
- —— the Aron, [54].
- Mackenzie’s conduits for electric light cables, [95].
- Priestman’s petroleum engine, [98].
- Regulation of E. M. F. at Grosvenor Gallery, [29].
- Regulation of E. M. F. at Milan, [44].
- Rent of meters at Milan, [49].
- Rent of meters at Berlin, [53].
- Regulators for secondary batteries, [76].
- Resistance of Copper Wire, [105], [106].
- Speed indicators at Grosvenor Gallery, [29].
- Safety fuses at Grosvenor Gallery, [31].
- Safety fuses at Milan, [47].
- Switch, double pole, [72].
- Table I. showing cost of laying conductors, [74], [75].
- Table II. showing cost and maintenance of plant, [86], [87].
- Table showing resistance, &c., of copper wire, [105], [106].
- Table showing principal electric lighting stations in Great Britain, [116-119].
- Table showing principal electric lighting stations on the Continent, [120-125].
- Terms, explanation of, [107-115].
- Transformers,
- —— application of, [27].
- —— diagram of Ruhmkorff type of, [23].
- —— description of Ruhmkorff type of, [23].
- —— arrangements of circuits of, [24].
- —— two classes of, [24].
- —— Kapp & Snell, [27].
- —— distribution of electricity by means of, [21].
- —— prevention of shocks from, [30].
- —— Westinghouse converters, [35].
- —— potential used in, [38].
- —— direct current, [79].
- —— comparison between alternate and direct current, [80].
- —— Swinburne’s dynamotor, [83].
- —— advantages of Zippernowsky-Deri system of, [34].
- Turbines working the dynamos at Tivoli, [32].
- Turbines working the dynamos at Lucerne, [33].
- Useful Notes, [101-103].
- —— incandescent lights, [102].
- —— arc lighting of works, [102].
- —— approximate cost, [102].
- —— wire running, [103].
- —— Electrical Measurements, [104].
- Westinghouse system, [35].
- —— at Pittsfield, [37].
- Wires overhead or underground, [91].
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